Trouvé 253 Résultats pour: faith
Do we, then, deny the value of the Law because of what we say of faith? Of course not; rather we place the Law in its proper place. (Romans 3, 31)
Here, on the contrary, someone who has no deeds to show but believes in Him who makes sinners righteous before him: such faith is taken into account and that person is held as righteous. (Romans 4, 5)
Is this blessing only for the circumcised or is it also for the uncircumcised? We have just said that, because of his faith, Abraham was made a just man, (Romans 4, 9)
He received the rite of circumcision as a sign of the righteousness given him through faith when he was still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those uncircumcised who come to faith and are made just. (Romans 4, 11)
And he was to be the father of the Jews, provided that besides being circumcised, they also imitate the faith Abraham showed before being circumcised. (Romans 4, 12)
If God promised Abraham, or rather his descendant, that the world would belong to him, this was not because of his obeying the Law, but because he was just and a friend of God through faith. (Romans 4, 13)
If now the promise is kept for those who rely on the Law, then faith has no power and nothing is left of the promise. (Romans 4, 14)
For that reason, faith is the way and all is given by grace; and the promises of Abraham are fulfilled for all his descendants, not only for his children according to the Law, but also for all the others who have believed. Abraham is the father of all of us, (Romans 4, 16)
He did not doubt nor did he distrust the promise of God, and by being strong in faith, he gave glory to God: (Romans 4, 20)
By faith we have received true righteousness, and we are at peace with God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. (Romans 5, 1)
If you have given yourselves up to someone as his slave, you are to obey the one who commands you, aren't you? Now with sin you go to death, and by accepting faith you go the right way. (Romans 6, 16)
Let us give thanks to God for, after having sin as your master, you have been given to another, that is, to the doctrine of faith, to which you listen willingly. (Romans 6, 17)